The Clydeside Distillery officially opens to the public today, bringing whisky production back to the banks of the Rover Clyde in Glasgow.

Based between the Riverside Museum and the SSE Hydro, the distillery is now producing the first spirit in the area for more than 100 years. It follows a £10.5m project to overhaul the Pump House, which used to control entry to what was the Queen's Dock shipping port.

The facility includes a visitor centre with interactive whisky experience, plus a shop and cafe. Copper stills producing Lowland single malt take the pride of place.

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Owned by Morrison Glasgow Distiller, the Clydesdale Distillery's chairman, Tim Morrison, is the great-grandson of John Morrison, who originally built the Queens' Dock. Tim, formerly of Morrison Bowmore Distillers, is current proprietor of the AD Rattray Scotch WHisky Company.

The project to transform the Pump House began in 2012 and has been spearheaded by Tim and his son Andrew, the distillery's commercial director. Alistair McDonald, previously of Auchentoshan, has been recruited as manager .

"This is an exciting day for Glasgow and the Scotch whisky industry," Tim Morrison said. "After more than a century, copper stills are producing spirit on the banks of the Clyde and we're incredibly proud to be able to open our doors to the public.

"Glasgow has an affinity with Scotch whisky unlike any other city in the world, with the Queen's Dock previously witnessing the exports of whisky with ships sailing past the Pump House destined for all continents of the world.

"Of course for me and my family there is a very personal link knowing that my great grandfather built the Queen's Dock where the Clydesdale Distiller now sits. We're looking forward to the future and seeing whisky produced in the heart of Glasgow once again."